Lopez (Narciso), his conspiracy in Cuba, cxxxviii. 398; his defeat and execution, 399 Lords (House of), creation of twelve new peers by Harley, cxviii. 420; importance of, in the reign of Anne, ib. and note their trimming resolutions in 1627 on the liberty of the subject, cxx. 23; attempt to neutralise the Petition of Right, 25 conflicts of, with the Commons since 1846, cxxvi. 557; apathy reawakened in 1867, 558; their amendments of the Reform Bill of 1867, 559 presence of Bishops in, vindicated, cxxviii. 271 hostility of, to the Court in the reign of Anne, cxxxii. 531 constitution of, vindicated, cxxxvi. 113 Lorraine,Claude. See Claude Lorraine Lorraine (Charles, Cardinal of, 1525– 1574), his overtures to the Duke of Wurtemburg against the Huguenots, cxxiv. 93 Lorraine, history of, in the feudal ages, cxii. 59; growth of the Tiers État in, 61; state of, under Charles III., 62; French invasion of, 69: abdication of Charles IV., ib.; his restoration, 71; French invasion renewed, 72; foreign influence of Charles V., 77; prosperity of, revived by Leopold, 83; decline of loyalty and patriotism, 84; ceded to Stanislas Leczinski, b.; annexation by France, 85; popular acquiescence therein, 86; fusion soon completed, 87 feudal house of, romances of, cxv. 369. cession of, in 1648, to France, cxxxiii. 479. See Alsace and Lorraine 'Lothair,' Mr. Disraeli's novel of, exxxii. 275; obtrusive allusion contained in his hero, 277; cari catures of contemporaries, 280; extravagant outline of the story, 282; characteristic allusion to Palestine, ib.; conversion of Lothair, 283; protest against materialism, 284; animus against the Papal system, 285; pictures of Republicanism, 286; sketches of English society, 287; peculiarities of style, 288 Loughborough (Alexander Wedderburn, Lord, d. 1805), his political intrigue, cxiii. 384; his practical ability displayed in his letters, 385 Louis IX. (of France, St. Louis, 1215-1270), compared with King Alfred, cxxx. 201; Dean Milman on his military incapacity, 202 Louis XI. (of France, 1423-1483), his character and appearance, cxix. 530; social corruption in his reign, 531; his lessons in Italian statecraft, ib.; takes refuge, when Dauphin, with Philip of Burgundy, 537; suspected of poisoning Agnes Sorel, 538; his aversion to his father, 539; his coronation at Reims, ib.; his ridicule of feudal pomp at a tournament at Paris, 540; his mean apparel, ib.; his immorality and love of irony, ib.; recovers the towns of the Somme from the House of Burgundy, 541; his first quarrel with Charles the Bold, 542; coalition of nobles against, ib.; his unpopular edicts against hunting, ib.; blockaded by the allies at Paris, 543; deserted by the Liégois, 547; his perfidious overtures to Charles the Bold, 551; appeals to the States-General, 553; reconquers Normandy, ib.; his forced treaty with Charles at Péronne, 555; marches with Charles against Liège, 556; his political relations. with England, 560; promotes the Swiss League, 571 S Louis XI. (of France), his relations his hostility to municipal Louis XIV. (of France, 1638-1715), his original statue in Paris, his terms of peace with the his character, by St. Simon, his early toleration of the his corpse disinterred at St. his later misgovernment, corruption of society in his Louis XV. (of France, 1710-1775), recent publications respect- cious influence of Richelieu, 482; Duchess of Châteauroux, 490; 338 his last moments, cxix. his letter to Maria Theresa his alleged worship of the Louis XVII. See Dauphin, the his imprudent retention of origin of the penal code of, Louvain, Scottish missionary college Louvois (François Michel Letellier, his instructions respecting Lovat (Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667- his evidence on Australian defence, Lowe (Right Hon. Robert), his Re- Court, cxxxiv. 501 his objections to paternal his allusions to Education in Lowth (Robert, Bishop of London, Lucian (second century), his story of compared with Plutarch, 249; compared with Virgil, 250; slender knowledge of, in tion criticised, cxxxi. 431; over- Lurch, meaning of the word in Shakspeare, cxxx. 112 Lush, the adjective wrongly ex- plained by Johnson, exxviii, 65 Lusk, prison establishment at, cxvii. Lussac (Nicolas François Gay, b. his atomic theory of gases, cxxx. 144 Luta N'zigé, Lake, visited by Speke, wrongly considered a back- Papal Bull for destruction of his triumph against the on the value of advanced Lutheranism, modern modification poetry, cxl. 372; his rhymes on Luxemburg Question, the, recent Luzzara, battle of (1702), cxvi. 513 Gazetteer for Berar, cxxxvii. 225 Geology, 259; on the tests of antiquity applied to flint implements, 264; his twofold division of post-tertiary beds, 265; on the Post-Pliocene Age, 266; accepts the theory of M. Perthes, 268; on the classification of cave deposits, 277; believes in the co-existence of Man with the mammoth, ib. ; on the bone caves in the valley of the Meuse, 279; on the skull from Neanderthal, 280; on the sepulchral cave at Aurignac, 284; on fossil-bones in volcanic formations, 286; on the encroachment of river deltes into the sea, 287; on raised beaches, 290; his chronological scale of the elevation of continents criticised, 291; his neglect of demonstration, 295; his belief in Darwinism, ib.; his work not original, ib. Lyell (Sir Charles), his theory of the glacial period, cxx. 471 Mr. Huxley on his uniformitarian theory of geology, cxxxi. 44 Lyndhurst (John Singleton Copley, Lord Chancellor, Baron, 17721863), his opposition to the Prisoners' Counsel Bill overcome, cxi. 192 note his motion for postponing the disfranchising clauses of the Reform Bill, cxxv. 541 Life of, by Lord Campbell, cxxix. 556; his relations with Campbell, 557; his early life, 558; his democratic notions in youth, 559; his Jacobinism ascribed to Volney, 560; alleged looseness of his politics, 561; his judicial character, ib.; anecdotes of his indolence, 562; his views of office, 563; his contempt for mankind, ib.; his sneering propensities, 564; oddities on the Bench, ib.; he retarded Law Reform, ib. ; his conduct on irregular marriages, 565; his aversion to the Bench, ih.; his marriage, 566; his graceful appearance, ib.; passion for politics, 567; his reputation for unscrupulousness, ib.; his conduct in opposition, ib.; views on Reform, 568; his motion in 1832 for postponing disfranchisement to enfranchisement, ib.; his achievements for his party, 569; story of his being offered the Premiership between 1835 and 1841 disproved, ib.; his annual 'Reviews of the Session,' 570; his power founded on intellectual pre-eminence, ib. ; his lucid exposition, 571; his speeches on Lord Campbell's bill against obscene publications, ib. ; his later ascendancy over Brougham, 600 Lyndhurst (Lord), his speech as Mr. Copley on Watson's trial, cxxx.520 consulted by William IV. on the Coronation Oath, cxxxiii. 316 his comparison of Peel and the Duke of Wellington in the Cabinet, cxl. 543; Mr. Greville's sketch of, 548 Lyndsay (Sir James of), his murder of Kirkpatrick, cxl. 324; his trial and execution, ib. Lynedoch (Thomas Graham, Lord, 1750-1843), Lord Cockburn's sketch of, in old age, cxl. 270 Lyrical poetry, richness of, in the reign of Elizabeth, cxl. 358, 363; minor poets of the Restoration, 364; of the present day, 375 Lyttleton (George William, Lord, the present, b. 1817), his Greek translation of Milton's 'Comus,' cxxiii. 365; and of the Lotus Eaters,' 372; his Latin version of Enone,' 373 6 Lytton (Edward Bulwer, Lord, 1806-1873), his unfinished novel "The Parisians,' cxxxix. 383; his literary industry, 384; did not |